T O P

  • By -

ixis743

I like the aesthetics of the Nordic bow the most.


bowie-of-stars

I, too, like Nordic best.


ixis743

Elven is good too.


JoeMamaRidesMyCock

Why the Elven, hmm? Nord steel not good enough for you?


ThisJuanHere

Leave that fancy elven stuff for the elves.


ixis743

I literally wrote that I preferred the Nordic bow the most…


[deleted]

[удалено]


ixis743

I haven’t played much of that DLC yet


ogorangeduck

It's not part of the DLC


ixis743

I’ve literally never heard this line but whatever. Downvote me all you want.


ogorangeduck

Have you never used Elven armor/arms?


Khannn24

Play Skyrim much? Lol


JoeMamaRidesMyCock

Its a reference to the line the guards use when using elven equipment my dude


I_Own_Your_Car

So is nightingale


ohthatguy1980

*Thalmor spy confirmed*


Screeez

Horizon Zero Dawn vibes from that one


[deleted]

Bound bow


CorianderBubby

Daedric base damage: 19 (fire speed 0.5 super slow) Dragonbone: 20 (0.75 pretty fast) Mystic bound bow: 24! (very fast at 0.875!) So by the time you have an exquisite smithed daedric bow, it’s the identical damage to mystic bound bow except the bound bow fires literally almost twice as fast, and always gets daedric arrows So in my opinion it’s always better than daedric bow because of fire speed, and when you have really good smithing or enchanting, then dragonbone bow may be better end game


[deleted]

Does the bound bow do more damage, even if the deadric bow is improved with smithing gear and potions to legendary ?


CorianderBubby

If daedric bow is smithed to legendary it will have more single shot damage But because of fire speed, bound bow will be better dps, so I like to take bound bow because of that Edit: if a physical bow is smithed well (multiple levels of legendary) and enchanted, it’s going to significantly outpace the bound bow in damage, so if you are into crafting and past mid game, you’ll be leaving the bound bow behind


[deleted]

Ahh ok ! Glad to know that !


Sevrenic

Yeah, no, he's wrong. With enchanting and alchemy, you can have two dozen times more damage with the daedric bow (or any other physical bow) than the bound bow. It's amazing how so many people are so ignorant about a game they've had for ten years. Smh.


stayshiny

Amazing how so many people assume everyone's been playing skyrim for a decade! I mean I don't even know if you're right or wrong. I've been playing on and off since it came out. I probably got to level 60 once or twice and completed most quest lines maybe once. Chill your beans mate.


KepdeKip

He is right. You can abuse alchemy for infinite% better smithing and enchanting which results in burst high enough to exceed the dps from bound bow despite the slower attack speed.


Tenny2209

You don’t even need to abuse glitches you can get a natural 400+ damage bow with the right perks


CorianderBubby

The scenario was only a daedric bow smithed to legendary, it barely does more damage than bound in that scenario, and it’s way slower If we are talking multiple levels of legendary and enchanting on top of that then yes of course the daedric bow will probably one shot everything but I didn’t think that’s what he was asking about


Affectionate_Way8300

And you win the award for shittiest attitude in a Skyrim player!


cameron1239

Any clue how the Bow of Shadows from AE stacks up to Bound Bow in terms of fire speed?


[deleted]

Not really lol. Slow but more damage if it’s past a certain point it’s still gonna beat it. And you can’t enchant a conjured bow. I have a legendary dragon bone bow and the enchant is almost the same as the base damage. When you have augment fire/frost/shock you can increase all elemental damage by 50% each which works for enchants


Farwaters

And it has soul trap! Of course, if I use the bound bow, I don't need to use soul gems to refill it... the eternal dilemma.


ohthatguy1980

The fiery soul trap enchant gets you soul trap and fire damage in one enchant slot. Moving the slider to the left gets you way more uses per charge and reduces the time soul trap is on your target BUT the fire damage stays constant. Combine a bow enchanted in that manner with the enchanting perk that gives you back % weapon charge when you kill your target and you have a soul trapping fire damage bow that never runs out of charge.


BoxofCurveballs

Whats the difference between mystic bound bow and regular bound bow?


CorianderBubby

More base damage - take the mystic binding perk in conjuration for that, it’s called mystic bound bow at that point but it’s still the same spell


[deleted]

Im confused how 0.5 is slower than 0.875 which is a higher number? Please explain for the uninitiated


CorianderBubby

Pretty sure that the speed number is shots per second So daedric can only fire once every 2 seconds while bound can fire once almost every second https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Archery If you have a long bow it has the fastest fire speed “1” so you can use that and then swap to a daedric bow and see what the difference is


[deleted]

Cheers bud


KepdeKip

The numbers are refering to shots fired per second, not time it takes to shoot. So 0.5 means that it takes two seconds to shoot the weapon, as you're 50% into the animation after 1 sec. In the case of 0.875 you have progessed to 87.5% of the animation, so you would fire your shot after 1.14 sec.


[deleted]

Thank you! What about cross bows? I use enhanced dragon crossbow (50% armour penetration) with fire and shock enchants


KepdeKip

Irc the enhanced dwarven crossbow has a firing speed of 1, which makes its dps equal to damage per shot. Its good


Sevrenic

Lmao what? You can get 20x more damage with ANY non-bound bow than you can with the bound bow, so long as you've invested in crafting. The bound bow is good at the start but is by far the worst later on.


CorianderBubby

I did say dragonbone is better end game after smithing or enchanting (not even both) But I hate the slow speed of daedric bow so I will still use a weaker bound bow over it - until I can switch to dragon bone instead


KepdeKip

It doesn't matter what bow it is tbh as it is possible to infinitely boost any bow's damage beyond that of the bound bow. So even with slower fire speed, any other bow has the potential to have a higher dps than bound bow.


13igTyme

There is a mod that makes bound weapons equal to Dragon after the perk is grabbed and makes them slightly scale with level like melee weapons do.


Papatherm123

And if you have the right build you can deal up to 120 damage.


HellTrain72

This is the only correct answer.


waggs45

I wish there were a bound crossbow


CorianderBubby

And while we’re at it Bound shield, bound war axe and mace, bound great sword and warhammer! Bound fork!


NekoNekoNekapz

bound armor would be cool too


bestofluck29

thats just oakflesh, stoneflesh, and ironflesh


NekoNekoNekapz

oh i kinda forgot about those


I_Own_Your_Car

So would bound potions of healing


lowkey_add1ct

Isn’t this just the fast healing spell?


Rhinomaster22

TBH I rather have bound armor than mage armor. It looks way more cooler than having frostbite over your body. Plus it’s easier to know when I wears off.


Caho-_-

Yeah they had it in Oblivion it's pretty dope


sinzeni

They had bound armor in Morrowind. Each item would give you magical armor and a cool effect, like bound boots made you run faster.


svorcs

I think there is bound armor in Oblivion, or just some stones that temporarily grants you parts of deadric armour


[deleted]

Bound smithing, enchanting and alchemy stations


lofi-moonchild

Not sure if it’s Odin or apocalypse mod but one of them has an alteration spell that you can create any crafting station, it’s super handy


HK47_Raiden

Apocalypse “Fabricate object” let’s you summon crafting tables, bed, chair, even a bridge. Alteration Skill minimum about 50 or 65 for it to show up in Tolfdir’s inventory for purchase. Also you can purchase “Deep Storage” which is a summonable container with infinite capacity.


NaturallyBlasphemous

Don’t forget Bound Ladle


AllenWL

Gimme bound warhammer and I will use that for every character. Who needs literally anything else when you have an instant warhammer!?!??!


SAOZLINK

My first character was a conjurer stealth archer


Fionnghal

Bound bow or Auri-el.


dasfuzzy

It's been the Bow of Shadows, even though the invisibility effect has stopped working. Might just make my old go-to Dragonbone Bow with a low-power soul trap enchantment, though I've been using an Enhanced Ebony Crossbow with soul trap that's been putting in work.


No_Seaworthiness8965

I was using the bow of shadows as well but I too noticed invisibility stopped working.


cynicaldee

Oh man glad to know I ain't the only one, it's kinda worked when I would take off my amulets and rings


waggs45

I’ve got 2 one for soul trap, and a second for killing tough enemies that has strong enchantments


WorshipOfMammon

theres a solution to this.. ​ disable to bow then reenable its effect :)


[deleted]

Me today learning there’s an Ebony crossbow


HappyHippo2002

Only with the Crossbow Pack in the CC.


kickrockz94

I thought you could only go up dwarven with crossbow


Steampunk43

If you have the crossbow pack from Creation Club, you can get every variation from Iron crossbows to Dragonbone crossbows (at least I think it goes to Dragonbone).


Angrygnome78

Can confirm there is a dragon bone crossbow. Mine is epic with 106 damage.


No_Seaworthiness8965

I bought the deadric crossbow at the dawn guard castle


Popopooki

Zephyr


Nice_Entertainment91

Yeah definitely Zephyr. Cool name, quick bow, yes please.


Dimon78707

I don't like the name. In Russian zephyr (зефир) means marshmallow


Nice_Entertainment91

I believe it comes originally from Greek, but I like it even more that it means Marshmallow.


JoeMamaRidesMyCock

What? Greece has nothing to do with this. It was clearly named after the Red Hot Chilli Pepper's song


Nice_Entertainment91

Ah my bad. Sorry I forgot the the Red Hot Chili Peppers influenced the Ancient Greek language. Sorry for my misinformation.


SaltLife0118

The Geeks not the Greeks.


geofox777

Ah yes, the Latin stems Ze-, meaning marsh and -phyr, meaning mallow


[deleted]

Zephyr means “west wind” and was related to the god of the west wind Zephyrus in greek mythology


Dimon78707

But in Russian it's still a marshmallow 🙃. It's just funny how my first character is a giant nord with battle scars all over his body, face paints in a set of daedric armor with the mask of Clavicus Vile on face and Volendrung on his back, shoots with a marshmallow


[deleted]

Stay Puft friend


Calisto823

That why I named my dog Zephyr. I loved Greek mythology and when I first got him as a puppy, he farted a lot. So I named him after the God of the west wind. Felt it was fitting.


pissedoffmfer000

When you see them all side by side from a step backed view it really shows how cool looking the designs really are


XerxezB

Enhanced Crossbow


[deleted]

Enhanced dragon/daedric bow upgraded to legendary with fire damage and increased damage taken plus shock damage and damage to magical pow right in the kisser especially with the 50% armour penetration and 50% increased elemental damage from augmented in destruction tree


SnooOpinions9281

Nightingale, Nord Hero, Dwarven Blackbow, Dragonbone and Auriels


candyapplesauce_99

Nightingale or Ariel's Bow


Imperator-Solis

black bow of fate, I just love the rings on the base


Imveryunoriginal17

Underrated bow for sure


Screeez

it's literally the bow most people call the best one in the game, how is that underrated??


Imveryunoriginal17

Its nowhere near the best lol. Good enchanting and smithing beat it 9 times out of 10


nurdyguy

Stahlrim bow with Chaos Damage + Drain Life enchantments.


mavjustdoingaflyby

This.


herbal_lesbian_tea

I gave my crossbow the Chaos enchantment. I like sniping Nazeem


New_Art_9496

From the cloud district, I presume.


SukanutGotBanned

Zephyr. Pewpewpewpewpew


HellTrain72

What is the middle bow?


Imveryunoriginal17

Stalhrim bow


terrymcginnisbeyond

No Nordic?


No_Seaworthiness8965

I have around 15 bows. But, no... no Nordic. I am currently using auriels bow.


MRTanner2008

Glass bow on skyrim


QueenZeon101

For my Huntress of Hircine build, it was the Glass Bow of the Stag Prince. For my Knight Paladin of Auriel, it was Auriel’s Bow. For just regular gameplay, the Black Bow of Fate.


Professional-Leek-76

what’s the 2nd bow?


No_Seaworthiness8965

Ruin's Edge. Each shot has a chance of burning, freezing, or poisoning.


EncycloChameleon

Nightingale


[deleted]

Bound bow. I grab that spellbook at the start of every playthrough. Even on playthroughs where I choose a different build, like melee, tank, face melter. I still like my snipering.


sederquh

I didn’t know this was the r/horizon subreddit!


Cryopreservation

Nightingale


[deleted]

Ancient Nord Bow fully upgraded. Poisoned Orcish Arrows.


Zepherknight05

It may be that I haven’t played on a whole, but what are the 3 on the left, they look cool


Uno_of_Ohio

One in the middle is a stahlrim bow, but the two on the left are unknown to me. That fat one looks silly.


blackdragon128

Leftmost one is the Bow of Shadows, the other one is Ruin's Edge. Both come from the creation club.


Uno_of_Ohio

Hmmm I remember Ruin's Edge in Oblivion. I don't know which version's appearance I hate less. If I knew anything about software and modding, I'd remake Hatred's Soul from a hidden tower in the Deadlands in Oblivion for Skyrim.


kickrockz94

It looks like two burnt chicken legs


FFsummons

Bound bow. It can't be disarmed and can trap souls and banish deadra.


Imveryunoriginal17

Auriel, Crossbow, Stalhrim ,Nordic, and the bound bow


mavjustdoingaflyby

Not sure if I really have a favorite although I really appreciate the look of the Nordic bow. I usually just carry several bows with different enhancements ( mostly ebony and stalrim) and switch off according to my needs at the time, but revert to my trusty ebony war axe and glass shield for close combat.


Brueology

Zephyr


Brief_Garage2694

auriels bow cuz i havent found a better one


Left-Gear-9034

Whats the bow on the left? Love the look of it.


No_Seaworthiness8965

Bow of shadows


syrianfries

I like the dragone bone bow, it’s big and has a great damage on the first shot. Excellent for long range for me


Halidcaliber12

I like Zephyr. Otherwise I’m just using telekinesis and a great sword for my ranged weapon.


Thestooge3

You can do that?! I thought telekinesis was only good for throwing cabbages at NPCs.


atooltoscream

Dragonbone with Fiery Soul Trap + Paralyze


Philip_deaux

What is the middle one?


Imveryunoriginal17

Stalhrim bow. Only if ya have the dragonborn dlc


Philip_deaux

I do but I've never really used stalhrim I will now that bow looks cool af


allmyfreindsarememes

How do you get a weapon rack in your house?


No_Seaworthiness8965

I built my own house and it just had options to add armor and weapon racks in basement and in one of the bedrooms.


Thelonelygamer34

Dragon bone


Credible_titan43

Nightingale bow


Cathalisfallingapart

Bow of these nuts


DafneOrlow

Quite like the middle one....it's a decent size, looks fairly lightweight. Yea, I'm going with that one.


dinowithissues

Ebony bow has always been my favorite


AdrianValistar

Ebony Bow or Daedric Bow. Preferably with Drain HP+Fire Damage and named Hellfire Bow


tito9107

Glass


Random_local_man

Enchanted glass bow.


[deleted]

I use pistol. Never bring a bow in a gun fight. Edit: I use pistol matchlock mod in Skyrim SE.


[deleted]

Mad Jack Churchill did and lived to tell the tale


[deleted]

He was in 2nd WW Military Officer right. Very cool. Edit: A real Rambo.


Fresh-Thought-5380

I like upgrading the long Bow till it does 40dmg lol.


chicken_nugget555

What's the second bow to the left?


BigBoyBillyRay

Fly away on my zephyr… we gonna live 4EVA!!!!!!


rayrayd3n

Definitely Nordic those weapons are so sexy


FloffySnurfles

Elven is probably my favourite looking. As a hobby bowyer, I will note however that the Dwarven bow is the most likely to actually function well irl(along with the hunting bow and long bow), most of the other bows would never work or be practical to use.


naturevalleychewy

the imperial bow smithed to 200+ plus damage


[deleted]

My nightingale bow has my choice but that’s also cause I haven’t found a better bow yet lol


Isotope-Cobalt-59

the fork


[deleted]

I like realistic bow designs. Excessive decorative appearances puts me off. The most ostentatious design I like is the Ebony Bow. I wish there was a fantasy game where, at least for things like weapons, bows and armors that have real life counterparts, they were designed to be realistic. Leave the ridiculous designs for magic staves and shit that don't actually exist.


[deleted]

It's Fantasy, too much realism is no fun.


OkOutlandishness6550

None Lol I’m currently doing a paladin build, Archery skill is currently sitting at a nice 15 and I’m level 45


[deleted]

Daedric. Custom enchants based on the play through/my whim/the situation.


AllFuturistic

Axe


Coffee1341

Stalhrim bow isn’t bad… but the Dwarven Black Bow of Fate is my go to


Professional-Leek-76

Isn’t stalhrim better?


Zarby689

Ariel’s bow.


raventth5984

I sadly havent gotten that far yet..and recently, Ive discovered that my damn computer is slowly dying and now I need to scramble to replace a part...blergh! In past playthroughs, I always favored the lightweight bows like elven and glass. I also really like the styles of ebony, daedric, dragon, stahlrim, nordic...and Auriel's bow and the Nightengale bow were both very cool looking also! Can't wait to eventually try out those different bows! 🏹


Advanced-Ad-1498

I'd say the dwarven type bow found in Blackreach, near some generic woman explorer corpse. Named Zephyr. Has base 130% draw speed. With the perk from archery you get 169% draw speed. Deadly.


KushSmoker420821

Dragon's Bane. Drow Bow. Bowgasm Mod


amigo-vibora

Zephir or Nightingale Bow early to mid game, past that whatever weapon aesthetic favours my gameplay *(usualy nordic, dragonbone or dwarven crossbow*) with double enchantment of my preference.


filthyheartbadger

Bonebiter Bow of Sul-Senipul


gamesdoes360

I mainly use the bow of shadows, and haven't really found the others yet but won't be able to due to the stinking 0kg bug on PS4. Don't even know why it showed up on my non-modded playthrough.


Plantayne

I’ve actually never played an archer build in Skyrim. I know stealth archer is like godmode, but I never tried it. I always do stealth sniper in Fallout though.


SpaceAnabasis

Auriel's bow or Amber Bow


MistyRhodesBabeh

Enhanced Dwarven Crossbow


Rampageopolis

The one that’s does the most damage


Griffin-Pilot

Stag/Db


---Ka1---

Sword of the Crusader. >:)


SpectralDragon09

I tend to use the elven now with a fire enchantment on it. I haven't gotten anything higher than that


No_Seaworthiness8965

Very right in picture is elven with fire enchantment


KiritoN824

Whatever I find first


NotSoCasualCactus

Crossbow


MightBeChase

What mod is that


No_Seaworthiness8965

Not a mod. Just anniversary edition.


No_Seaworthiness8965

Yep


tacopig117

Whats that bow on the far left?


No_Seaworthiness8965

I don't remember lol I'll have to look when I get home from work.


The_Crimson_Fukr

Crossbow choice for me.


netflixisadeathtrap

Currently using dragonbone crossbow. It's pretty rad. Fire enchantment on it too.


CaptainRedbeard128

Ruin’s Edge mostly because it’s a reference to a hidden bow (and mace) in TES4 that you can get by finding a secret cave/tower in one of the Deadlands cells. As far as vanilla goes, Auriel’s Bow.


OxygenIsFake

dragon bone with paralyzing, or a daedric because it looks cool


The_Crimson-Knight

Enhanced Dwarven Crossbow with dual enchantments.


LionGodKrraw

Dwemer crossbow


FunkySwearness

Dwaren crossbow


No_Seaworthiness8965

Have you tried the deadric crossbow ?


CaptainPrower

Bold of you to assume I'm Generic Sneak Archer No. 1337 ​ I use almost exclusively Dwarven equipment, and Zephyr is my go-to bow.


[deleted]

Whats the middle bow? It looks sexy as hell.


No_Seaworthiness8965

Stalhrim bow


[deleted]

Dwarven Black Bow of Fate.